The 2019 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the ninth edition of the ''

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'', an annual international

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tournament contested by men's national teams. Held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since its inception, this year's event occurs between 5 and 9 November. The tournament was organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Unlike in previous editions, there was no lead sponsor this year. The Intercontinental Cup is typically seen as the biggest tournament in the current international beach soccer calendar after the

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. Similar in nature to that of the

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, eight nations took part. The tournament started with a round robin group stage. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final.

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es were also played to determine other final rankings. The season-ending

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awards were also presented in Dubai as a conclusion to the tournament. Iran were the defending champions and successfully retained their title, winning a third Intercontinental Cup crown by beating Spain 6–3 in the final. Hosts UAE matched their best previous performance of third place for the first time since 2013.

Participating teams

The following eight teams took part. Overall, Europe and Asia were represented by three nations; Africa and North America, one nation each. Oceania, and for the first time, South America, did not enter any teams. :

1. Qualified as hosts, but also achieved a

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runners-up finish

Venue

The tournament took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; this edition was held at a purpose-built arena on Kite Beach, Jumeirah 3, for the second consecutive year with a capacity of 2,500.

Draw

The draw to split the eight teams into two groups of four took place on 9 October at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters at 11:00 GST ( UTC+4) and was conducted by former

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defender, Míchel Salgado. For the purposes of the draw, the nations were divided into two pots, shown in the table below; the teams were split based on their

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– the top three teams plus the hosts were placed into Pot 1 whilst the lowest four teams of the ranking were placed in Pot 2. As each was drawn, the placement of the teams alternated back and forth between Groups A and B. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates, were automatically allocated to position A1. The composition of the pots is shown below: :Note: The numbers in parentheses show the

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of the teams at the time of the draw.

Group stage

''Matches are listed as local time in Dubai, GST ( UTC+4)''

Group A

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Group B

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5th–8th place play-offs

The teams finishing in third and fourth place are knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in

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es to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

5th–8th place semi-finals

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

Semi finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Winners trophy

Individual awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

;6 goals * Amir Akbari ;5 goals * Gabriele Gori * Takaaki Oba ;4 goals * Eduard Suarez * Nestor Martinez * Boris Nikonorov ;3 goals * Jose Cintas * Javi Torres * Salvador "Chiky" Ardil * Mohammadali Mokhtari * Mohammad Ahmadzadeh * Mohammad Masoumizadeh * Ramon Maldonado * Ahmed Beshr * Dario Ramacciotti * Emmanuele Zurlo * Marcello Percia Montani * Keisuke Matsuda * Ozu Moreira * Abdelrahman Hassan * Mohamed Abdelnaby * Moustafa Shaaban * Vladimir Raskin * Masanori Okuyama ;2 goals * Llorenç Gomez * David Adril * Mostafa Kiani * Hamid Behzadpour * Waleed Beshr * Ali Mohammadi * Walid Mohammadi * Josep Junior * Marco Giordani * Naoya Matsuo * Shusei Yamauchi * Ahmed Elshahat * Mostafa Samir * Jose Vizcarra * Adrian Frutos * Alessio Frainetti * Viktor Kryshanov ;1 goal * Elhusseini Taha Rashed * Ali Mirshekari * Saeid Piramoun * Kamal Ali Sulaiman * Abbas Ali * Andrea Carpita * Paolo Palmacci * Takuya Akaguma * Masayuki Komaki * Moustafa Aly Mohamed * Hassane Mohamed Hassane * Diego Villasenor * Daniel Macias * Maxim Chuzhkov * Andrey Novikov * Alexey Pavlenko * Ostap Fedorov * Vladislav Zharikov ;Own goals * Keisuke Matsuda (vs. UAE) * Hassane Mohamed Hassane (vs. Mexico) * Viktor Kryshanov (vs. Iran (group stage)) Source
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Final standings

References

External links

Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2019
at Beach Soccer Worldwide
Intercontinental Cup 2019
at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian) {{Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates Intercontinental Cup